Clothes-rack.



G. DANIELSON. 'CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 23. 1914.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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CLOTHES-RACK.

Application filed September 23, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES DANIELSON,citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes- .Racks; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved clothes rack;and, to this end,

it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafterdescribed and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several Views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved clothes rack, with the arms thereof turned into open, operativepositions; Fig. 2 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in verticalsection, taken on the line 00 m of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3is a detail view, in perspective, of the clothes rack frame andso-called traveler; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improvedclothes rack, turned into an inoperative position, with the arms thereofclosed.

The improved clothes rack comprises a skeleton frame and two groups ofhorizontal swinging arms. As shown, the frame comprises top and bottom,vertically spaced bars 1, rigidly connected by diagonal back pieces 2.There is one group of arms 3 at each end of the frame and they arepivotally secured between the ends of the bars 1 by pins 4. The arms 3are on such lines that when one arm of each group is folded upon theother, they will have the same outline as the bars 1, thus permittingboth groups of arms to be folded one upon the other within the spacebetween the upper and lower bars 1.

To the back and longitudinal center of the bars 1 is rigidly secured ahanger plate 5, having an upwardly contracted extension 6, in which isformed a perforation 7 As best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the longitudinaledges of the hanger plate extension 6 are bent laterally to affordstiffening flanges. A filler block 8 is interposed between the barsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 863,205.

1 and hanger plate 5 to support the same in a plane outside of thediagonal back pieces 2.

The improved clothes rack is supported on a wall, or other suitableplace, by supporting bar 9, secured in position by screws 10. The bar 9,which is secured in an upright position, has its longitudinal edges atthe back thereof rabbeted at 11. Slidably mounted on the supporting bar9 is a channel-shaped traveler 12, having in-turned flanges 13 whichslide in the rabbeted edges 11 and thereby secure said traveler againstlateral separation from said bar. The hanger plate 5 is pivoted at 14 tothe traveler 12 to permit the clothes rack frame to be turned from ahorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, to a vertical position, asshown in Fig. 4.

The clothes rack is supported in different horizontal positions from thebar 9 by a thumb-screw 16, passed through the perforation 7 and havingscrew-threaded engage ment with any one of a plurality of nuts 17 set inthe back of said bar and vertically spaced one above the other.Obviously, when the thumb-screw 16 is released from any one of the nuts17, the traveler 12 may be slid vertically on the supporting bar 9 tocarry the clothes rack into different horizontal positions. It is alsoevident that in the released position of the thumb-screw 16 the improvedclothes rack may be rotated on the pivot 14 to carry the same into avertical position, as shown in Fig. 4. In this position of the clothesrack the outer group of arms 3 hang downward and are held in closedpositions under the action of gravity. Said outer group of arms 3, whenin this position, hold the inner group of arms in folded positions andagainst outward swinging movement. To the lower end portion of thesupporting bar 9 is secured a stop block 18 on which the clothes rackrests when turned into a vertical position as shown in Fig. 4.

The vertical adjustment of the clothes rack permits the same to belowered into a position where the clothes may be easily hung thereon,and then raised into a position where the clothes rack and clothes hungthereon are entirely out of the way. \Vhen the clothes rack is not inuse the same may be folded and turned into a position as shown in Fig.4, where the same takes up very little room and gives. a neatappearance. The pivotal mounting of the clothes rack permits the same tobe secured to a door or window casing and, when not in use, it can beturned into a position that will not obstruct the door opening or thpwindow,

What I claim is 2- l. The combination with a clothes rack, comprising ahorizontal frame and two groups of arms pivoted to said frame forhorizontal swinging movements toward and from each other, of a fixedupright supporting bar a traveler, mounted on said bar for verticalsliding movement, said frame being intermediately pivoted to saidtraveler, for vertical swinging movement in a plane substantiallyparallel to said bar, whereby said frame and arms may be folded ininoperative vertical positions in front of said bar, and

a fixed stop projection on said bar on which said frame loosely restswhen turned into a vertical position.

2. A clothes rack, comprising a frame and two groups of arms pivoted tosaid frame for horizontal swinging movement, whereby one group of saidarms may be folded upon the I in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES DANIELSON. ll itnesses ALICE L. KING, HARRY D. KILeoRE.

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